We study the impact of health shocks on domestic violence and illicit drug use. We argue that health is a form of human … differences in these women's health prior to the breakthrough. We show evidence that health improvements induced by the … breakthrough reduced domestic violence and illicit drug use. Our findings provide support for the idea that health improvements can …

I explore a unique exogenous instrument to examine how the intra-familial position of women influence health outcomes … of their children using micro data from Ghana. Using the 2SLS-IV estimation technique, I build a model of household … bargaining and child health development with perceptions of women regarding wife-beating and marital rape in the existence of …

information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the … importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining …

aimed at reducing the over-prescribing of opioids on women's wellbeing by examining its effects on intimate partner violence …The opioid crisis generates broader societal harms beyond direct health and economic effects, impacting non … generated a downstream benefit for women by significantly reducing their overall exposure to IPV and IPV-involved injuries by 9 …